Ellen Purdy, director of emerging capabilities and prototyping initiatives and analysis at the Department of Defense (DOD), recently discussed the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment. She spoke about how enablers such as partnerships and technological innovation can ove...
During Potomac Officers Club’s 2021 Border Protection Innovations and Technology Forum, Ed Mays, executive director of the enterprise data management and engineering directorate at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will join an expert panel to discuss innovation, emerging technologies and modernization that will support national securi...
President Joe Biden plans to appoint former Obama administration officials Jen Easterly, Robert Silvers and Eric Goldstein to top three cybersecurity positions, Politico reported Friday. Sources said Biden is likely to name Easterly to the newly created role of national cyber director at the White House to help guide the current administration’s c...
Richard Smith, a former CACI International (NYSE: CACI) vice president responsible for Department of Homeland Security portfolio, has been appointed to a similar position at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), G2Xchange FedCiv reported Thursday. In his previous capacity, Smith oversaw CACI’s DHS service offerings and led the development of t...
President Joe Biden, who took the oath of office Wednesday, has appointed individuals to lead 34 federal government organizations in acting capacities until his Cabinet choices complete confirmation procedures. Each agency leader will support the new administration in efforts to create a “whole-of-government” strategy to address national challen...
D.J. Dart, formerly business development executive for the Department of Homeland Security at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has elevated to the role of vice president for DHS enterprise, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Tuesday. He joined SAIC through its acquisition of the Unisys Federal business in March 2020 and has more than tw...
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to address foreign use of infrastructure as a service cloud computing platforms for malicious cyber activities. The order directs the secretary of the Department of Commerce to develop rules within six months to require IaaS providers to verify the identity of foreigners with IaaS accou...
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $3.35B indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers enterprise data center, colocation and cloud to hybrid computing infrastructure. A solicitation notice posted Thursday states that the Data Center and Cloud Optimization contract has a fi...
The Department of Homeland Security has created a strategy outlining its measures to address threats Chinese activity poses to the U.S.’ immigration, critical infrastructure and cybersecurity, trade and maritime defense operations. DHS said Wednesday its Strategic Action Plan applies input from the department’s China Working Group and th...
Kenneth Bible, former deputy chief information officer at the U.S. Marine Corps, has joined the Department of Homeland Security as chief information security officer, Federal News Network reported Monday. He succeeds Paul Beckman, who stepped down from the DHS CISO position last year and now works for Consolidated Nuclear Security in the same role. ...
